Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality
This paper addresses the normative issue of free speech within the landscape of democratic societies where the mediated form of communication appears as a central feature. Contemporary discussions about free speech tend assimilate press freedom to a notion of freedom of expression as a negative lib...
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International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)
2014-06-01
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This paper addresses the normative issue of free speech within the landscape of democratic societies where the mediated form of communication appears as a central feature. Contemporary discussions about free speech tend assimilate press freedom to a notion of freedom of expression as a negative liberty, so repudiating every single regulation to the mass media. In opposition to that line of thought, I argue that media freedom cannot be justified by analogy with negative liberty. The most convincing justification for the principle of freedom of expression relies on the idea of the fair value of communicative liberties, or the idea that society must assure fair opportunities for the exercise of communication. Following this account, I affirm that the institutions responsible for mediating the expressive acts should be structured in a way that contributes, at once, to individual self-determination and collective self-government.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9a871cd87b94b0cad9637f13a75a7ab2023-10-13T18:23:30ZengInternational Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS)Politikon2414-66332014-06-012310.22151/politikon.23.2Freedom of Expression and Communicative EqualityRenato Francisquini0University of São Paulo This paper addresses the normative issue of free speech within the landscape of democratic societies where the mediated form of communication appears as a central feature. Contemporary discussions about free speech tend assimilate press freedom to a notion of freedom of expression as a negative liberty, so repudiating every single regulation to the mass media. In opposition to that line of thought, I argue that media freedom cannot be justified by analogy with negative liberty. The most convincing justification for the principle of freedom of expression relies on the idea of the fair value of communicative liberties, or the idea that society must assure fair opportunities for the exercise of communication. Following this account, I affirm that the institutions responsible for mediating the expressive acts should be structured in a way that contributes, at once, to individual self-determination and collective self-government. https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/107deliberative democracyfair value of communicative libertiesfreedom of expressionmass mediaself-determination |
| spellingShingle | Renato Francisquini Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality Politikon deliberative democracy fair value of communicative liberties freedom of expression mass media self-determination |
| title | Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality |
| title_full | Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality |
| title_fullStr | Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality |
| title_short | Freedom of Expression and Communicative Equality |
| title_sort | freedom of expression and communicative equality |
| topic | deliberative democracy fair value of communicative liberties freedom of expression mass media self-determination |
| url | https://politikon.iapss.org/index.php/politikon/article/view/107 |
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